Heyy... frnz...thinking about Jalal n Jodha spending time in Amer and that too for
attending the wedding ceremony of Sukanya...there should be some touch of the
rasmo-rivaaz to create the wedding atmosphere...So here's presenting my take
on the same...
INDEX:
PART 1: Pg 1
PART 2: Pg 4
PART 3: Pg 7
PART 4: Pg 10
PART 5: Pg 15
PART 6: Pg 20
PART 7: Pg 25 (First Hint of Love)
PART 8: Pg 33
PART 9: Pg 39
PART 10: Pg 48
PART 11: Pg 56
PART 12: Pg 62
PART 13: Pg 69 (LAST PART)
Akdha FF- "MEHNDI LAGA KE RAKHNA..." At Amer...šš
PART 1
The wedding songs of mehndi filled the air of the Amer palace as the shagun ki
mehndi was applied to Sukanya 's hands hiding the name of her husband to be...
somewhere artistically blended with the intricate design...
...Jodha sat by her side congratulating and praising her younger sister for her special
day...special appearance...
All the ladies of their family and relatives were present there...enjoying themselves
to the core...singing, dancing and getting henna applied to their hands...
As Jodha was the eldest of Mainavati's daughters...she had lots of responsibilities to
take care of. ...she had been running here and there throughout the day helping her
mother take care of the guests and the preparations...It was not before bed time that
she got time for herself to get her hands decorated with henna...A lady specialised in
this art was applying beautiful design to her palms...
...Jalal was in the guest chambers alotted to him and Jodha.He had enjoyed the entire
day having a round around the Amer palace with Jodha's brothers and her nephew
Maan Singh and was amused to learn many childhood habits and mischiefs of his
begum...he had even made a plan to tease her about them every now and then...
Having seen many colors of Jodha's nature...
Kabhi neem neem...kabhi shahad shahad...
Kabhi narm narm...kabhi sakht sakht...
...he liked it best when she was irritated by his mischievous taunts... be it calling her
"baaghin" or "chudail shehzadi"... Somewhere inside he had started acknowledging
the fact that he enjoyed her company...even if it was just for teasing her...or being
showered upon by her numerous taane and shikayatein...A smile played on his lips
as he sat thinking about her...
...It had been whole day since he had seen her this morning...He knew she would be
busy with her maasa and Sukanya but decided to look for her in the palace though
he wasn't sure where she might be...
...The palace was too large to even think about searching somebody...So Jalal decided
to ask Rani Mainavati instead. As he came to the decorated hall where the mehndi
ceremony took place...his search was over...He found both Jodha and Rani Mainavati
sitting there. On seeing Jalal coming there, rani Mainavati was pleasantly surprised.
Rani Mainavati - Arey Jawaisa..Aap yahan! Kisi cheez ki avashyak...
(before she could complete...)
Jalal- Nahin...Rani sahiba...hamey kisi cheez ki zarurat nahin thi...hum to bas Jodha
ko dhundhte hue yahan aa gaye...
Jodha is still getting her hands applied with henna...She looks up at Jalal with shock
and questions through her eyes...
(..it was amusing...when since the Shahenshahs set out in search of their begum
searching room to room inside the palace...?)
Rani Mainavati smiles broadly...This makes Jalal to realise what he had just said...
He looks at Jodha with a puppy face...she smiles shly and both are very embarrased...
(Mainavati feels happy to see Jalal's concern for Jodha...)
Mainavati- Jawai sa...hamey pata chala aapne abhi tak ratri ka bhojan nahi kiya?
Jalal - Haan...woh..hum...(he didn't knew what to say...)
(...half an hour back when a servant had brought the bhojanthaal to his room...
he had returned it saying...he will have dinner later...he didn't felt like eating at that
time...but the fact was quite different...At lunch, he had to eat spicy food that was
Amer's special despite his dislike...he wasn't habitual to such spicy food...and had to
drink 3 -4 glasses of water to calm down his burning tongue...
Jodha had seen the expressions on his face and felt sorry for him...and so she had
secretly prepared some dish of Jalal's liking by Her mother's permission and had
decided to take it to him when no one was around...)
Mainavati - koi baat nahi jawaisa...Abhi Jodha ne bhi bhojan nahi kiya hai...hum
bhojan aapke kaksh me hi bhijwa dete hain...aap dono sath me hi me kha lijeyga...(she looks at Jodha...)
Jodha - Ji maasa...hum bhojan kar lenge...aap fikr mat kariye...ab aap ja kar aaram
kijiye...aap bahot thak gayi hongi...
Mainavati- Shubh ratri shahenshah!
Jalal- Shabba khair rani sahiba...
(Mainavati leaves from there...)
Jalal sits on a couch nearby...fondly staring at Jodha...smiling away to glory...
knowing very well that this would definitely annoy her...
As the lady gave the henna design its beauty on her palms...Jodha felt Jalal's gaze
on herself... She raised her eyes to look at him and was lost in his lust filled
mischievous flirty eyes...they had an eyelock...
Aankhon ki gustakhiyaa...aa...aan...maaf hon...
Ek tak tumhe dekhti hain...
Jo baat kehna chahe Zubaan...
Tumse ye wo kehti hain...
They came back to reality as the lady while giving final touches to her mehndi,
spoke out - kya naam hai likhna aapki mehndi me Ranisa??
Jodha fumbled - haan...wo...
(...she stole a glance at Jalal who was still admiring her from distance...)
With his pretentious innocent expressions he said- Bataiye Jodha Begum...kya naam
likha jaaye aapki mehndi me??
Jodha gives him a stern look for teasing her infront of that lady...
Jalal ignores her and speaks to the lady - Shauhar ka naam agar dil par likha ho to
usey hathon par likhne ki zarurat nahi...Ab aap ja sakti hain...(she takes her leave...leaving Jodha and Jalal all to themselves...)
Jodha is impressed by what he just said and tries to unravel the mystery behind his
intentions in saying so...but couldn't...
As they start walking towards their kaksh...
Jodha - Aap hamein kyun dhund rahe the shahanshah??
Jalal - (with a smirk...) Wo kya hai na Jodha Begum...hamein aapki shamshir si tez
zubaan aur baaghin se vaar ki aadat ho gayi hai...aur aaj subah se na to hamein
aapke taane naseeb hue aur na hi hum par shikayaton ki bauchar---
(before he could continue...)
Jodha- Aap kabhi kisi baat ka seedha uttar nahi de sakte kya??
Jalal - (just smiles at her annoyed expressions...) chaliye hamara hojra bhi aa gaya...
.andar chal ke itminaan se baatein karte hain...aur haan aapki maasa ne bhijan bhi
bhijwaaya hoga na...saath-saath khane ke liye?? (he said especially emphasizing on 'saath-saath')
Inside their room...they find a lavish bhojanthal placed on a table...Mainavati had
taken special care to keep the dishes prepared by Jodha for Jalal so that he could eat
to his heart's desire...
As they sat on a couch to start their dinner together, the irony of the situation
dawned upon Jodha...Both her hands were covered with henna...How was she going
to eat even a single morsel of food...As Jalal was about to start...He looked at her
face and understanding the situation...he gave a mischivious winning smile...
Jalal- koi baat nahi Jodha Begum...aaj aap hamare haathon se khana kha lijiye...
Humey isme koi takleef nahi hai...(he said innocently...)
Jodha was hesitant in taking his help but she had no choice left...so she had to give
in...
Jalal carefully prepared the first niwaala out of the numerous dishes selecting the
one she pointed out and held it to her mouth...
...Before she could have it in her mouth...he quickly pulled back his hand and kept
the niwaals in his mouth instead... š Chewing away merrily...praising the taste and
flavour and gave a "Oh...its so yummy!! Wanna have it??" look to her...She gives
him one of her teekha looks and Jalal apologizes by his expressions...thereafter Jalal
feeds himself and her alternatively with few nok-jhoks in between as he intentionally mixes one dish with another making her taste
buds violent with the mixing of sweet, sour and salty flavours in one single morsel...
As they finish their dinner...Jalal places the Bhojan thaal away...he moves closer to Jodha and pointing to the sweetdish in his hand he challenges her to grab it at the count of three...she agrees...
1...2...3...and there they were sweetly kissing each other with half-half of sweetdish in their mouth...ššš
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